It’s fascinating how much is coming out now, post-Election Day, about Joe Biden and his administration, things we all speculated were the case and which ultimately turned out to be true.
For instance, there are the newly released pictures confirming that then-Vice President Biden did meet with Hunter Biden’s Chinese business associates, even though Biden repeatedly denied ever doing so.
There was also the news that the FBI had concluded in 2021 that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began with a Wuhan lab leak stemming from gain of function research, but allegedly failed to tell the President of the United States about it.
And now, just a few short weeks before Biden’s first and only term as president concludes, we’re learning more about his regrets. Among them is the feeling he shouldn’t have dropped out of the presidential race even after the disastrous June debate, thinking he still could have defeated Donald Trump:
Biden and some of his aides still believe he should have stayed in the race, despite the rocky debate performance and low poll numbers that prompted Democrats to pressure him to drop out. Biden and these aides have told people in recent days that he could have defeated Trump, according to people familiar with their comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Aides say the president has been careful not to place blame on Harris or her campaign.
The belief that he could have bested Trump in November has been disputed by Pennsylvania-based journalist Salena Zito, who pointed to the inconvenient fact that Biden was already struggling in the crucial battleground state before the infamous debate:
No, I’m sorry it would’ve never happened. It would’ve never ever happened. He was bleeding voters in Pennsylvania demonstrably even before the debate. Anyone who spent any time on the ground reporting in my home state knows this as church because he had lost the working class.
But while Biden’s belief that he could have been victorious on Election Day could be chalked up to his ego talking, it’s what he reportedly has said about Dept. of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland behind the scenes that raised more than a few eyebrows:
In private, Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general, complaining about the Justice Department’s slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump, and its aggressiveness in prosecuting Biden’s son Hunter, according to people familiar with his comments.[…]….and some Democrats believe the decision had devastating results. Had the Justice Department moved faster to prosecute Trump for allegedly seeking to overturn the 2020 election and mishandling classified documents, they say, the former president might have faced a politically damaging trial before the election.
While this is not exactly new news, it does seem to back up earlier reporting noting Biden’s frustrations with Garland were in part politically motivated, but yeah, he’s not a proponent of lawfare or anything:
One thing to remember about Democrats is that they are almost always guilty of the things of which they accuse Republicans, something that has been proven true once again thanks to Joe Biden.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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